Watson's Caring in the Digital World (eBook)

A Guide for Caring when Interacting, Teaching, and Learning in Cyberspace

Kathleen Sitzman, Jean Watson (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
156 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-8261-6116-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This innovative text, built on the foundations of Watson's Caring Science, demonstrates how nursing professionals can develop virtual relationships that encompass caring and understanding in professional, teaching/learning, and everyday cyber communications. It describes how caring and love can transcend distance, space, and time in our increasingly virtual world to preserve the basic fabric of humanity as we physically interact less and electronically interact more. Straightforward and concise, the text offers specific practices for teachers, students, and professionals to support caring in a digital world, along with practical examples that enable readers to envision ways to create their own caring online presence.The text provides examples of initiatives aimed at establishing ongoing intent to care on levels ranging from personal to global. Included are a variety of educational activities that rely on digital resources to facilitate interaction, collaboration, learning, and connection. Learning objectives and knowledge-check questions in each chapter reinforce information, and a corresponding MOOC and other free professional online trainings are available to readers to augment study.Key Features:Built on Watson's Caring Science and expanded through Sitzman's researchContains specific information and practical examples for faculty, students, and professionals who interact onlineProvides examples of online caring initiatives from personal to globalValidated by seven research studies and extensive online experience of the authors

Inhalt

Contents

Preface

PART I

Overview of Jean Watson';s & Human Caring Theory; With Digital World Applications

1 Watson's Caring Science as Context for Digital World Caring

2 Caring Science Foundations

3 Caritas Processes 1 Through 5

4 Caritas Processes 6 Through 10

PART II

Conveying Caring When Engaged in Teaching, Learning, and Interacting in the Digital World

5 Conveying and Sustaining Caring in Digital Learning Environments

6 Expressing Caring in Digital Communications

PART III

Expanding and Continuing Digital World Caring

7 Expressing Global Intent to Care: Free and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Trainings

8 Caring Continuing

PART IV

Teaching Materials

9 Course Resources

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.10.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Pflegemanagement / Qualität / Recht
• Themenwelt: Pflege ► Studiengänge ► Pflegewissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: Caring Science • digital world caring • digital world classrooms • Human Caring Theory • Jean Watson • Knowledge development • Massive Open Online Course • mind-body-spirit medicine • MOOC • self-care
• ISBN-10: 0-8261-6116-2 / 0826161162
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8261-6116-1 / 9780826161161